Send to KindleOver time, I will add resources to this website that will help you explore the night sky. And if you are a teacher, you will find the resources helpful in your teaching of some sections of the Australian Curriculum: Science Earth & Space Sciences component. 29 April 2014 Partial Solar Eclipse pinhole viewer […]
Send to KindleIntroduction Heavens-Above.com provides free customised information for your location including whole sky star charts, predictions for the visibility of the International Space Station and other satellites (including Iridium flares). Bookmarks for all capital cities are provided below. If you are located elsewhere, you can customise one of the below links to your location. […]
Send to KindleFree student astronomy newsletter You can download a free ‘Amazing Space!’ student newsletter for each term. The newsletter’s content will vary but currently includes finder charts for planets visible to the unaided eye (in the early evening sky), where to look for easily recognisable constellations and Moon phases for the months of that […]
This weeks upcoming predictable space and astronomy events and anniversaries (3 – 9 March 2014)
Send to KindlePosted 2 March 2014 This post is biased towards events that can be seen with the unaided eye or via the Internet. It also can only cover predictable events. Random events such as asteroid impacts won’t be listed. Where events are time specific, I have listed the events in AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) […]
This weeks upcoming predictable space and astronomy events (24 February – 2 March 2014)
Send to KindlePosted 23 February 2014 This post is biased towards events that can be seen with the unaided eye or via the Internet. It also can only cover predictable events. Random events such as asteroid impacts won’t be listed. Where events are time specific, I have listed the events in AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) […]
This weeks upcoming predictable space and astronomy events (17 – 23 February 2014)
Send to KindlePosted 16 February 2014 This post is biased towards events that can be seen with the unaided eye or via the Internet. It also can only cover predictable events. Random events such as asteroid impacts won’t be listed. Where events are time specific, I have listed the events in AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) […]
Scaling the Universe. A modern version of ‘Powers of Ten’
Send to KindleOne of the problems with understanding the size of the universe and everything in it, is it’s size. The famous 1977 film ‘Powers of Ten’ by Charles and Ray Eames first tackled this first (see below). In 2012, Cary & Michael Huang created a modern version of the classic video Powers of Ten through a […]
Free download: Term 1 2014 Student Astronomy Newsletter Now Available
Send to KindleThe Term 1 2014 edition of my ‘Amazing Space!’ newsletter for students is now available for free download from this website. This term’s issue includes: Finder charts for Jupiter. No telescope required. Constellation finder charts for the Southern Cross and Orion Moon phases for January – March 2014 Preview of 29 April 2014 Partial Solar Eclipse […]
Send to KindleAs per my 2014 Astronomy Events Calendar, we are lucky enough in Australia to have two lunar eclipses and one partial solar eclipse this year. Unlike lunar eclipses, partial solar eclipses are not safe to look directly at without the use of specialist solar filters most commonly sold by telescope shops. There are […]
Crescent Moon sets over the Brindabellas
Send to KindleTonight’s crescent Moon setting over the Brindabellas earlier this evening.
Another stunning Canberra sunset
Send to KindlePosted 30 January 2014 Yet another stunning Canberra sunset over the Brindabellas (thanks to my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 mobile phone’s camera).
Crepuscular rays shine in the Canberra twilight sky
Send to KindlePosted 29 January 2014 . Thanks to my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 mobile phone’s camera I managed to get some great photos of crepuscular rays shining over the Brindabellas earlier this evening (during evening twilight). From a slightly different location … along with a magpie. This second photo was taken only ten minutes later […]